Archive for May, 2012

The Fundamental Philosophical Failure

May 11, 2012 Posted Under: philosophy

Our sense of group identity is the fundamental failure of our species, perhaps of all intelligent life. The problem arises when a group starts believing the importance of its agenda supersedes that of its originating group. This happens first in governments, a proxy for the group itself when we were hunter-gatherers.  The necessary belief underpinning […]

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Living a Long Life

May 01, 2012 Posted Under: philosophy

A friend mentioned having heard an estimate that anyone living past 65 these days has a pretty good chance of seeing 80.  I’m not sure what the national and worldwide statistics show about this belief, but in my own case, I think there might be something to it.  My mother is approaching 90 and many […]

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